l College, original theory of, 46;
responsible for choice of Adams, 62;
tie between Jefferson and Burr in, 66;
figment of, destroyed, 96;
Lincoln's majority in, 155

Emancipation Proclamation, decision to issue after Antietam, 189;
Lincoln's defence of, 191;
effect abroad, 191

Embargo, imposed by Jefferson, 76;
withdrawn, 77

Emerson on John Brown, 153

England and Spain, 3.
(_See also_ Great Britain)

English colonies in America, 3;
French attempt to hem in, 9;
economic position of, 10-12;
government of, 12-13;
democracy in, 13;
proposal to tax, 14-15, 17;
attitude of, 16-17;
unite, 19;
declare their independence, 22;
France forms alliance with, 30;
independence of, recognized by Great Britain, 35;
internal revolution in, 36

"Era of Good Feeling," 86, 90

Erie Railway scandal, 228, 229

Erskine, British Minister at Washington, 77

Everett, nominated as candidate for Presidency, 154;
Border States support, 155

Farragut, Admiral, takes New Orleans, 186

_Federalist, The_, established to defend the Constitution, 51;
Hamilton and Madison contribute to, 51

Federalist Party, support a National Bank, 57;
sympathies of, with England against France, 59;
pass Alien and Sedition Acts, 63;
Burr's intrigues with, 66, 72;
oppose Louisiana Purchase, 70;
suicide of, 71

Fessenden, Senator, on Charles Sumner, 205

Fifteenth Amendment, effect of, 228

Filmore, Millard, succeeds Taylor as President, 125;
his succession favourable to Clay, 126

Florida, British land in, 82;
Jackson expels British from, 82;
acquired by U.S., 86-87;
secedes from Union, 161;
Negro government of, makes fraudulent return, 225

Floyd, Secretary for War under Buchanan, 160;
his sympathy with secession, 160;
his distribution of the U.S. armament, 179

Force Bills, demanded by Jackson, 100;
supported by Webster, 101;
precedence for, insisted on, 101;
signed by Jackson, 101;
nullified by South Carolina, 101

"Forty-Seven-Forty-or-Fight," 117, 120

Fourteenth Amendment, provisions of, 216;
Southern opposition to, 217;
Lee's views on, 217

France and England in America, 9;
War with, 9-10;
hesitates to recognize American independence, 29;
forms alliance with revolted colonies, 30;
Jefferson Minister to, 42;
Jefferson's sympathy with, 59-60;
badly served by Genet, 60;
anger with, over "X.Y.Z. letters," 63;
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